TODAY’S GOSPEL READING

For today, I’m going to fall back to a couple of my favorite posts regarding the encounter between Jesus and the centurion. One of my absolute favorite Gospel events and immortalized by Ernest Borgnine in the classic movie Jesus of Nazareth.

Advent Day 2: Amazing Amazing Jesus

As a bonus, check out this fine article on this biblical episode.

ADVENT RESOURCES (in case you missed yesterday; and I added one as a bonus)

• Journey through Advent with the St. Paul Center
• Catholic Link
• Advent Playlist (save the Christmas music until 12/25)
• FORMED Daily Reflections
• Homilies for Sunday Mass with Fr. Mike Schmitz (check out yesterday’s — wow!)

ADVENT/CHRISTMAS READING (in case you missed yesterday)

• The True Meaning of Christmas: The Birth of Jesus and the Origins of the Season by Michael Barber
• Christmas with the Holy Fathers compiled by Peter Celano
• Jesus is the Gift by Regis Flaherty
• Joy to the World by Scott Hahn
• Advent and Christmas with Fulton Sheen

Christ and the Centurion (ca. 1575) by Veronese and Workshop

God bless!